The future of Ubuntu Linux.... Will it make Micky$oft go bankrupt?

[Steven Susbauer]

On Tue, 12 May 2009 17:42:28 -0500, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz at gmail.com>  
wrote:
>>
>>     My idea is NOT Fedora. Fedora is another Ubuntu or mandrake ect. My
>> idea based on the commercial success of Red Hat is to sell Help. Real
>> paid for help from experts. You go to Wal Mart and buy this Linux for
>> say $50.00 American, and you have bought some real tangible Help. In the
>> package is a code that gets you 2 months of help.
>>
>>     This help is voice over the telephone or the Internet. The Help
>> fixes the most vexing problems like no Desktop or no WiFi. It is fixed
>> by d/l the proper stuff which will be there!
>
> Karl, that is exactly what Red Hat used to have.  They stopped it.  I  
> have
> seen no indication that they wish to rescind their decision.  Whether or  
> not
> you agree with Red Hat's choice of the name Fedora does not affect the  
> issue.
> Fedora IS the non-commercial side of Red Hat and is cross-fertilised by  
> them.
> Each cross-fertilises teh other.   I suggest that you look Fedora up  
> rather
> than repeating that you do not mean Fedora.  You do mean Fedora.  Red Hat
> changed the name from Red Hat when they stopped supporting it.

This is completely true.

Karl, please take a look at:

      http://web.archive.org/web/20030407092932/www.redhat.com/software/linux/

I believe it is exactly what you are talking about, and no longer exists.